Prince Harry looks lovingly at Meghan Markle as he sees her for the first time walking down the aisle as the mother of the bride wells up with happiness

The bishop then added: "There's power in love. Don't underestimate it. Don't even over-sentimentalise. There is power, power in love."

Prince Harry was seen looking adoringly at his bride after the speech — and appeared to say "wow".

Ms Seward said: "The star of the ceremony was certainly the American preacher, The Most Reverend Michael Curry and with nice to see the royal family smiling and laughing as he made his address. It felt very inclusive.

"It was nice that Prince Charles to the hand of Meghan's mother, Doria as they went into the vestry for the signing of the register.

"For me it Harry and Meghan's hands that also made this one of the most unusual of royal weddings.

"l have never before seen a royal couple hold hands and entwine their fingers like Harry and Meghan did when they were at the altar.

"She clearly adores Harry and there is no doubt they are in love.

"But moment that brought me to tears was discovering that Harry had picked forget-me-nots - his mother's favourite flower - at Kensington Palace for his bride's bouquet."

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A gospel choir performed a moving rendition of Stand By Me during the emotional ceremony

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The choir belted out the moving song as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were married

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Prince Harry and Meghan exchange rings during their wedding ceremony. They were married by the Archbishop of CanterburyCredit: WPA Rota

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Harry and Meghan sing a hymn during their ceremony - hailed as the most multicultural in historyCredit: PA:Press Association

Royal historian Sarah Gristwood, who wrote Elizabeth - The Queen And Crown, told The Sun Online: "It was amazing - more so than any of us was expecting. It showed how this wedding is helping to take the royal family forward into the 21st century.

"We knew she would enter the chapel alone and she wouldn't given away but we didn't how different it would be.

"It was partly the strong American presence and partly the strong black presence.

"Not only the bride and groom said 'I do' but the congregation and family said 'I will'.

"A lot of lessons were learned from Princess Diana's life and death - and this feels like one of them.

"We've obviously seen some turmoil in Meghan's family this week and this was a real open recognition of both of the potential for family trouble and family support."

Royal Commentator Dickie Arbiter told The Sun Online that the wedding showed how the Monarchy "continues to evolve".

“But we can’t forget that it’s been changing and evolving for the past 1,000 years."

He added: “If we compare The Queen from the 1950s to The Queen from today they are very different people.

“When Diana first burst on the scene in 1981 everybody said: ‘Gosh doesn’t she do things differently.’

“Now you’ve got William and Harry in their thirties - they’re just doing what their mother did in her day and doing things differently."

Harry and Meghan have definitely made a #RoyalWedding look and feel different. Time will tell what they can do for the monarchy #royalwedding

Social media users have praised the ceremony — with one dubbing it the most multicultural Royal Wedding ceremony in history.

Daisy Loughlin wrote: "This wedding is incredible showing Britain as a tolerant multicultural country, living for it it."

Mr Curry's address was followed by "Stand By Me" sung by Karen Gibson and the Kingdom choir.

The loved-up pair gazed at each other during the ceremony, with Meghan wowing in her spectacular gown by designer Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy.

She teamed it with a dazzling Mary Diamond Bandeau tiara – lent to her by the Queen.

Ms Markle expressed the wish of having all 53 countries of the Commonwealth with her on her journey through the ceremony.

Ms Waight Keller designed a veil representing the distinctive flora of each Commonwealth country united in one spectacular floral composition.

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